Building projects
Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel makes last-ditch effort to save George Lucas museum
Star Wars creator could see plans thwarted by case brought by local non-profit Friends of the Parks
Italy spends €1bn in historic boost for cultural heritage
Sites including Pompeii, Paestum and the earthquake-stricken city of L’Aquila get major cash injection
Manchester arts ‘factory’ will house Turbine Hall of the north
Planned Rem Koolhaas-designed, £110m home of the city’s international festival seeks project director on top salary
Twice the size and seven storeys high: the new San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is ready for lift-off
Galleries filled with blue-chip gifts plus highlights of the Fisher Collection will greet visitors when museum reopens <br>
Lacma nearly halfway to goal for new building with two pledges totalling $75m
Museum has raised $275m towards $600m Peter Zumthor-designed project—but the donations come with a deadline
Shanghai museum dedicated to 20th-century artist reopens in new venue
Liu Haisu Art Museum will also showcase work by emerging artists
After years of delays, M+ to open first permanent space
New pavilion due to launch with exhibitions this autumn
Is the British Museum heading east to London's Olympic park?
Smithsonian trustees due to meet today to decide whether to open satellite in Stratford <br>
Huntington expands American art galleries
The new $10.3m wing is due to open in October with an exhibition of lead donors’ 18th and early 19th-century art collection
Frick expansion, take two
The museum has put out a call to architects for new designs to create more gallery space—but the gated garden remains safe
Homegrown philanthropy fuels the new Speed Art Museum
Decade of renovation ends with marathon opening for expanded gallery
Antony Gormley backs campaign to create affordable studios across London
Artist helps launch Studiomakers with appeal to property developers and politicians
People of Geneva say ‘non’ to museum extension designed by Jean Nouvel
The proposal for the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire is sent back to the drawing board after 54% vote against it<br>
France to get its first Moroccan Cultural Centre in 2018
The project will be funded entirely by the Kingdom of Morocco
Grand Palais revamp could leave Paris’s biggest shows without a roof
What will happen to key culture events held at the site, including Monumenta artist commission and Fiac fair?
Rotterdam museum to rent out public space to wealthy collectors
Visitors to the new open storage facility can tour private collections—and there could even be a freeport
Lisson opens New York space with solo shows for Carmen Herrera, John Akomfrah, Ryan Gander and Ai Weiwei
The purpose-built gallery underneath the High Line is a long-awaited step for the London dealer dynasty
David Chipperfield hired to transform old brewery in central Berlin
Cultural complex is due to open in 2019
David Attenborough opens £1.5m gallery for socially-engaged art
BBC naturalist inaugurated Lucy and Jorge Orta's show on environmental change at Attenborough Arts Centre in Leicester
Design museum rises in China—with a little help from the V&A
Partnership with state-owned conglomerate is a first for the London museum
V-A-C Foundation unveils plans for Renzo Piano-designed museum for Moscow
Vast contemporary art centre in former power station will include 100m-long nave
Unterlinden Museum, home of the Isenheim Altarpiece, officially reopened
The €44m renovation and expansion will be fully completed this spring
Museum of London looks for architect for Smithfield project
Plans are in motion to move the collection from the Barbican to the Victorian market
New Tate Modern to devote gallery to Artist Rooms
Louise Bourgeois, whose work helped launch gallery, first artist to be featured from collection each year <br>
New Lithuanian art space to open in 2019
The first museum dedicated to Lithuanian Modern and contemporary art will open in the country’s capital